Some of our members seem to be confused about what the previous announcement means for you and for SSF2. It’s a lot to swallow, so please read:
If you managed to catch the stream from the previous post, you were one of the first to learn of SSF2’s showcasing at Apex 2013, an annual Smash competition located in New Brunswick, NJ. Apex is an INTERNATIONAL level Smash tournament, so this is groundbreaking territory for us. Those attending Apex will get to play v0.9 AHEAD OF RELEASE at the SSF2 booth and meet a few of the SSF2 Developers. Those unable to make it to Apex will be able to enjoy a livestream of v0.9 being played every day that Apex runs, and be the first to receive the download link for the game. The update will be released to the public after the final day of Apex for everyone to enjoy. This means the release date for v0.9 is January 13th, 2013. We’re going to make sure v0.9 is the absolute best it can be before the competition, so you can rest assured that you won’t be disappointed in what will be our last tier of demos before the full game. So expect further information about this as we get closer to the event. (And we hope to potentially see some of you there as well if you are in the area!)
A common request on the stream during the announcement was for v0.9 gameplay; we will be posting an introductory video to v0.9 with some first looks at the changes that we’ve done in the past few months. We hope you’ll check back tomorrow to see it. Thanks for watching!
See official Apex pages for more information on the tournament itself:
http://www.apex-series.com/
http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=322587
As promised, here’s a short teaser for v0.9 and Apex for those of you who missed the stream last night, enjoy!
Please tune in to THIS STREAM today at 11:55 PM EST for information about v0.9 that you will DEFINITELY not wanna miss out on! You’re free to stick around for the whole stream if you’d like to see some competitive fighters in action, as well. Don’t miss it!
Clarification on Expansion Content:
There seems to be a little bit of confusion about expansion content for the game. I want to make sure everyone is aware that the game will have what is considered official expansion content and unofficial expansion content. What the current expansion forums represent is “unofficial expansion content.”
“Unofficial” expansion characters anyone can work on, and they can share their sources files as they please. But this type of content will simply not be labeled “official”, since it has not gone through any balancing or validation from us. While you have complete freedom to do as you wish with these files, there will be some limitations placed on their capabilities.
“Expansion” characters come from files validated and approved by Devs. Much of this development may be kept hidden from public, but it’s not impossible that unofficial content that we like could be adapted into official content in the future. So don’t feel that all is lost just because we aren’t officially endorsing the expansion forums!
Help Get Yeah Jam Fury on Steam!
The popular PC gaming platform Steam has begun its new Greenlight service, in which the Steam community votes on games to be added to its online store. Willy World Entertainment and I are hoping to release Yeah Jam Fury with additional content to the store, but we need votes in order to do it. So please vote a thumbs up for us and help us land a chance at getting the game onto Steam!
Link:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=93709506
Some additional features that will be in this new version include:
-Level Editor
-Replays
-Bonus Levels
-Additional Unlockables
So click the link, watch our trailer, and vote thumbs up! We greatly appreciate it if you could help us out! 🙂
Announcement:
Regrettably the time has come for me to announce MG’s disaffiliation with the Expansion Forums.
Link for reference: http://ssf2expansions.motionforum.net/
Those of you who are familiar with the Expansion forums are probably aware that it has been around for years, and has transformed quite a bit since its inception. However there is one thing that hasn’t changed, and that’s the fact that the expansion forums are not run by MG in any shape or form.
Therefore, I am announcing today that officially MG no longer endorses the SSF2 Expansion Forums.
Please note that this will not affect our plans for expansion content. MG will have its own system for managing and distributing DLC after the full release of the game. But until then I am not offering any support for unofficial expansion content. There currently are no standards set for spriting expansion material, so I don’t want to encourage it to the public before we have even set up a system for it, I hope you understand. It would be a shame to see a lot of wasted effort on sprites that don’t necessarily meet our standards.
Anyway, be sure to check by every so often since we’ll have more positive news to post soon.